In Java, how to get attribute given the string with its name?

Question

I\'m sorry for asking this sort of questions, but I really couldn\'t find the answer in Google. So say I have a class with private String myColor and I have a s

Answer 1

Based on the edit, my suggestion is to use a Map to contain a map of preference name to appropriate text field or other text component. Just build the map when you build the user interface.

Map guiFields = new HashMap();

Then you can have the code do

guiFields.get(inputName).setText(value);